Archive for the The Jesus Way Category
#5 As a Child
The 5th characteristic that Erwin lays out to describe the style of Jesus comes from Mark chapter 10.:13-16:
13 Then they brought little children to Him, that He might touch them; but the disciples rebuked those who brought them.
14 But when Jesus saw it, He was greatly displeased and said to them, “Let the little children [...]
#4 Humble
The 4th style on the list of Gayle Erwin’s book is humility. He starts with Matthew 18:4
Whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven
As Erwin goes on to explain, most people have such a huge misunderstanding of humility. We believe that humility is telling people how bad you are, [...]
#3 Example
I have been slacking on my Jesus Style chapter reviews. The third section explains how Jesus taught by showing rather than telling. It is easy to sit there and tell someone what they should do. Jesus demonstrated to His disciples how they should live by living it out for them. He did not show people [...]
#2 Not Lord It Over
Erwin starts off his book by giving the background on how Jesus appeared. Remember, Jesus is God in the flesh, the Messiah, the Creator of the Universe and all that we see. The Jews were expecting their Savior to come but they were looking for the wrong person. We would expect such an important figure [...]
#1 Servant
“Whoever wants to be first must be slave to all”
This section discusses the first part of the nature of Jesus and what He tells the disciples they must do to be the greatest in the Kingdom. Jesus came to serve rather than be served. This was very strange to the Jews who were looking for [...]
The Jesus Style
I am reading this book by Gayle Erwin. It lays out the example Jesus lived for us in order for us to achieve greatness. Ths list of how Jesus told us to achieve greatness includes:
Servant
Not Lord It Over…
Example
Humble
As a Child
As the Younger
Last
Least
No Force
No Blind Ambition
No Reputation
Human
Obedient
Death
As I read through each of these, I plan on [...]
Repost From My Men’s Retreat
I just got back from our Church men’s retreat at Skamania Lodge with teachings by Gayle Erwin and it was amazing. There was nothing profound about it, it simply stated the simple message of the Gospels by focusing on the nature of Jesus.
We have cartoonized Jesus, God, Satan, Heaven, and Hell so much that Christianity [...]